Summaries

A stylish mix of erotic love story and political thriller. Helen McCrory stars as a brilliant aerospace engineer who is drawn into a passionate affair with a younger male student while working on a government contract for an aircraft destined for military use. As the contract deadline nears, her doubts about her new lover mount, and she comes to understand the shadowy sides of her professional career and her personal life.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • love
  • falling in love
  • cunnilingus
  • older woman younger man relationship
  • algerian
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Apr 11, 2013
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations Napier Road, Bristol, England, UK
Production companies BBC Film Regent Capital South West Screen

Box office

Budget $345000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 33m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

Frankie is in her forties, ambitious and successful. She works in the aerospace industry at Filton, designing surveillance drones for the military. Shes never married, and is completely in control of every part of her life. Her closest relationship is with her father, who worked as an engineer on Concorde. But her life changes forever when she embarks on a passionate affair with Kahil, a French/Algerian aerospace student, twenty years younger than her. One day, she arrives at work and is detained by the security services: Kahil is a person of interest to MI5. Her well-ordered life starts to unravel in a welter of suspicion and prejudice, as Frankie no longer knows whether to follow her passion or listen to the doubts that increasingly overwhelm her.

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